Literary Cincinnati
Subtitle: the missing chapter
By: Dale Patrick Brown
Publisher: Ohio University Press; In association with the Mercantile Library
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780821419694
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Intellectual life; Literary landmarks; City and town life in literature; In literature; American Authors
Description: "The history of Cincinnati runs much deeper than the stories of hogs that once roamed downtown streets. In addition to hosting the nation's first professional baseball team, the Tall Stacks river boating, and the May Festival, there's another side to the city--one that includes some of the most famous names and organizations in American letters. Literary Cincinnati fills in this missing chapter, taking the reader on a joyous ride with some of the great literary personalities who have shaped life in the Queen City. Meet the young Samuel Clemens working in a local print shop, Fanny Trollope struggling to open her bizarre bazaar, Sinclair Lewis researching Babbitt, hairdresser Eliza Potter telling the secrets of her rich clientele, and many more who defined the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Queen City. For lovers of literature everywhere--but especially in Cincinnati--this is a literary tour that will entertain, inform, and amuse. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-187) and index.